The 2012 US presidential election saw both major party candidates strongly criticize China in their campaigns. They accused China of unfair trade practices and blamed it for the loss of American manufacturing jobs. This China-bashing was an easy way for candidates to appeal to voters. Meanwhile, references to Japan during the campaign were sparse, despite its importance as a US ally. Japan's new prime minister, Yoshihiko Noda, has worked to strengthen the US-Japan alliance but faces challenges over the US military presence on Okinawa. Sino-Japanese relations significantly deteriorated in 2012 due to a territorial dispute over the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands, resulting in widespread anti-Japanese protests and violence in China.
Trade deficit tax losses violates constitutional law. This presentation has sound and provide and indepth overview of the trade deficit. It provides an understanding of equal trade as a corrective action. It also invites the reader to sign a petition at the website www.CitizensForEqualTrade.org.
This article provides a detailed and peculiar view about the economic phenomenon'Trade war' and its history from the times of The Great Depressions and moves on to the contemporary U S -China trade war and its impact on the global economic scenario It also provides a wide view of the current scenarios of the ongoing trade war between two major countries that have the most humongous economies in the world that is U S and China The authors have unraveled major information about the first-ever trade war which was started by Reed Smoot and Hawley which is followed by information about the onset of the ongoing trade war of U S and China with the major events that followed during'Code Red' which have been discussed in a chronological manner Following which the authors have enlightened upon the economic position of India along with other countries and subsequently the effects of the Trade war on the Indian economy The authors have also discussed the limitations of the practice of trade war to an extent K. P. Manish | S. S. Sanjay Krishnan "Trade War - An Overview" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-2 | Issue-6 , October 2018, URL: http://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd18365.pdf
Een presentatie gegeven door e-office over de ontwikkelingen van intranetten. Van publiceren, tot samenwerken tot het toevoegen van social elementen. Het intranet ontwikkelt zich van een plek om informatie te halen naar de digitale werkplek waar je naartoe gaat om je dagelijkse werk te doen.
Trade deficit tax losses violates constitutional law. This presentation has sound and provide and indepth overview of the trade deficit. It provides an understanding of equal trade as a corrective action. It also invites the reader to sign a petition at the website www.CitizensForEqualTrade.org.
This article provides a detailed and peculiar view about the economic phenomenon'Trade war' and its history from the times of The Great Depressions and moves on to the contemporary U S -China trade war and its impact on the global economic scenario It also provides a wide view of the current scenarios of the ongoing trade war between two major countries that have the most humongous economies in the world that is U S and China The authors have unraveled major information about the first-ever trade war which was started by Reed Smoot and Hawley which is followed by information about the onset of the ongoing trade war of U S and China with the major events that followed during'Code Red' which have been discussed in a chronological manner Following which the authors have enlightened upon the economic position of India along with other countries and subsequently the effects of the Trade war on the Indian economy The authors have also discussed the limitations of the practice of trade war to an extent K. P. Manish | S. S. Sanjay Krishnan "Trade War - An Overview" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-2 | Issue-6 , October 2018, URL: http://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd18365.pdf
Een presentatie gegeven door e-office over de ontwikkelingen van intranetten. Van publiceren, tot samenwerken tot het toevoegen van social elementen. Het intranet ontwikkelt zich van een plek om informatie te halen naar de digitale werkplek waar je naartoe gaat om je dagelijkse werk te doen.
How can we slow (1) increasing income inequality & (2) US debt.Paul H. Carr
How can we slow (1) increasing income inequality & (2) National Debt?
Possible solutions might include Keynsian and trickle-up economics. Might the Moral Equivalent of War increase social capital and wealth taxes?
BOOK DISCUSSION : NEW CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HITMANRiri Satria
My presentation on book review discussion "The New Confessions of An Economic Hitman", organized by Indonesian Economics Scholars Assocation (Ikatan Sarjana Ekonomi Indonesia), Jakarta chapter (20/05/2016)
Unit VIII Course Project Art Gallery Commentary For Unit VI.docxmarilucorr
Unit VIII Course Project
Art Gallery: Commentary
For Unit VIII, the last segment of your art gallery course project, you will be adding a comprehensive statement to your PowerPoint presentation and finalizing your segments from the previous units. You will submit the entire presentation, including those portions from previous units, for a final grade.
Begin by reviewing your Unit VI feedback and making any necessary revisions. In your comprehensive statement, present the last words on your art gallery. Summarize your thoughts and convey the larger implications of your art gallery. This is an opportunity to succinctly answer the so what? question by placing the presentation within the context of research about the topic you have investigated. Be sure to demonstrate the importance of your ideas. Do not be shy. The comprehensive statement offers you a chance to elaborate on the significance of your findings.
For this segment, use the slides in the art gallery template labeled “Comprehensive Statement.” A minimum of three PowerPoint slides are required; however, you are welcome to add as many as you feel you need. You may include more than one idea on each slide, but please do not overload the slides with information.
Be sure to address the following in your comprehensive statement:
Describe what you learned about art in general.
Describe what you learned about the art criticism theory.
Describe what you learned about art’s role in society.
Citations and references are not a requirement for this section, but if you choose to use outside sources, they must be cited and referenced accordingly.
Although you do not need to add any new sources for the commentary section, you will need to ensure all APA guidelines are followed for the presentation as a whole.
Required Resources
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Barnes, L. & Bowles, M. (2014). The American story: Perspectives and encounters from 1877[Electronic version]. Retrieved from https://content.ashford.edu/
· Chapter 13: The Conservative Triumph
· Chapter 14: A New Global Age
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The Political Compass (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. (http://www.politicalcompass.org/)
· This is a website with a survey designed to determine placement on the political compass as well as the placement of many famous political figures. The site also provides some explanation of the common policy positions of different political groups. This website will assist you in your discussion work for this week.
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In the introduction, we explained the inadequacies of the traditional left-right line.
If we recognise that this is essentially an economic line it's fine, as far as it goes. We can show, for example, Stalin, Mao Tse Tung and Pol Pot, with their commitment to a totally controlled economy, on the hard left. Socialists like Mahatma Gandhi and Robert Mugabe would occupy a less extreme lef ...
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A theoretical Framework on Inflation and Retirement:
Improvements in longevity as well as declining fertility rates have led to an aging demographic across developed nations. These tendencies, alongside several decades of low inflation have led to shifts in pension and retirement policies across developed nations. It goes without saying that Retirement security remains a shared concern, one that has heightened as inflation has returned to the global landscape, adding further uncertainty to the financial security of retirees. From a policy perspective, monetary policy is the most blunt tool within the macroeconomic toolkit whereas retirement has increasingly become a household-level savings, investment and decumulation problem. Given the dependency of policy on inflation expectations and that of inflation expectations on household-level decision-making, we present elements of an incipient framework that may be used to integrate household and firm-level decision making into the contemporary macroeconomic policy toolkit.
The Finnish and Swedish accessions to NATO—even though incomplete as of now—have been interpreted in some corners as the beginning of the end for neutrality. Not picking sides in a war of aggression is untenable, they hold, cheering the decisions of some former neutrals to give up their signature foreign policies while berating those who still do not send weapons to Ukraine or sanction Russia. Whatever one’s stance on the policy side is, one point has been lost in the debate: neutrality is not a question of ideology but a fact of conflict dynamics. It just won’t go away. Not even the two World Wars or the 40 years of the Cold War could get rid of the “fence-sitters.”
Neutrality, always and everywhere, is a reaction to conflict(s). The current one over Ukraine is no exception, giving rise to neutral policies in roughly two-thirds of the world. It is a moot question if there should be neutrality or not. Nonaligned behavior of third-party states is a fact of international life and will remain one. There are really only two questions that matter: First, which neutrals will leave the stage, and which ones will be born? Second, will the neutrals play a constructive role in the new global conflict, or will they be relegated to the margins?
This talk will disentangle the neutrality debate by differentiating the legal components from the political and strategic aspects and discuss recent neutrality developments in Europe, Asia, and the Americas.
Dual citizenship was once universally reviled as a moral abomination, then largely marginalized as an anomaly. During the twentieth century, states were able to police the status and manage incidental costs to the extent that full suppression proved impossible. More recent decades have seen wide acceptance of dual citizenship as those costs dissipated for both states and individuals. Powerful nonresident citizen communities have played a crucial role in winning recognition of the status. A handful of states -- Japan notable among them -- have held out against this clear trend and increasingly vocal emigrant and immigrant constituencies and children of bi-national couples. This session will situate Japan's resistance to dual citizenship in a global historical context.
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The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has given the go-ahead for a major redevelopment of Jingu Gaien, the cluster of sports facilities and green space adjacent to the National Stadium in Sendagaya. The project has recently become a focus of attention in Tokyo, with many people from across the political spectrum speaking out with concerns about the project.
The redevelopment plan is made possible by a loosening of height restrictions in the area that was implemented in conjunction with the Olympics, and former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori was involved in conceptualization of the plan. The redevelopment will eliminate nearly a thousand trees, two historic stadiums and several public sports facilities, and put in three high rise office buildings.
In this presentation activist Rochelle Kopp will describe the various concerns and issues related to the Jingu Gaien redevelopment project and how she and some other activists and academics are speaking out against the plan and urging that Governor Koike withdraw it and start over with input from the public and experts.
November 17, 2022
8 November 2022 was the last day of voting for the US midterm elections. These elections reflected the mood of American voters and give us some idea of the future course of American policy and of the political and ideological balance of power in the United States. They will also affect the ability of the Biden Administration to pursue its agenda.
Professor Yashiro, one of Japan's leading economists, will look at the results of Abenomics (a term coined to describe Japan's economic policy while Shinzo Abe was premier) and Prime Minister Kishida's plans for what he calls a "New Capitalism."
Observers of Japanese security and foreign policies have largely focused on analyzing Japanese policies in the area of traditional security. However, they would be remiss to disregard the string of new developments that have been occurring in Japan – namely that of “economic security.”
Prompted by rising U.S.-China competition, Japan has been undergoing rapid change in its economic security policies over the last few years. These changes range from organizational transformation to new legislation as well as increasing support for the private sector. This trend is likely to accelerate under the incoming Kishida administration, which has created a new ministerial post for economic security.
How has Japan’s economic security policy evolved in the last few years? What kind of changes will we likely see in Japan’s economic security policies under the Kishida administration? What impact will this “economic security awakening” in Japan have on Japan-U.S. and Japan-China relations? How should Japan cooperate with other key actors, such as the European Union, the Quad countries, the Five Eyes states, and Southeast Asian countries?
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Speaker Biography:
Akira Igata is Executive Director and Visiting Professor at the Center for Rule-making Strategies at Tama University. He is also the Economic Security Advisor for the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China and Senior Adjunct Fellow at Pacific Forum, a U.S.-based think tank. He advises Japan’s bureaucracy, politicians, and private sector as well as international organizations on economic security issues.
A half a year ago, the prospect of an LDP presidential election did not inspire flights of the imagination. After all, what could break the hammerlock the top three party factions – the Hosoda, the Aso and the Nikai – had upon the process of selecting the party leader? Who or what could outmaneuver the wily LDP Secretary-General Nikai Toshihiro, whom two prime ministers in a row found themselves powerless to budge from his post at the apex of the party’s secretariat?
Over the summer of 2021, however, several factors became catalysts for changes in the party’s internal power structures. A presidential campaign like any other had unfolded, with the faction leaders and the party’s senior officials left gasping as erstwhile subordinates have run away with the narrative and the initiative. So many assumptions about how the LDP “works” have been challenged that the unprecedented situation of half of the candidates being women has been largely subsumed.
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5. In the 2012 election, both parties cranked up their
rhetoric against the world’s second-largest
economy
China-bashing easy and cheap for US candidates
China-bashing used to attract American voters
There is a lot of talk about the polarization of
political parties in the U.S. these days. But party
candidates from the left or the right, liberal or
conservative, seem to unite on one issue –
bashing China
The China-bashing syndrome:
Demonizing China
6. For both US political parties, the
target was the same: China
9. Political War on China
The Romney and Obama campaigns ran TV commercials about
who is softer on China, and who is more to blame for sending
American jobs there.
The Romney ad: “Under Obama we’ve lost over half a million
manufacturing jobs, and for the first time China is beating us.
Seven times Obama could have stopped China’s cheating. Seven
times he refused.” Then it cuts to Mr. Romney, who declares, “It’s
time to stand up to the cheaters and make sure we protect jobs
for the American people.”
The announcer concludes, “Barack Obama failing to stop cheating,
failing American workers.”
Obama ad opens on an incredulous note. “Mitt Romney tough on
China?” an announcer asks. “Romney’s companies were called
pioneers in shipping U.S. manufacturing jobs overseas. He
invested in firms that specialized in relocating jobs to low-wage
countries like China. Even today part of Romney’s fortune is
invested in China. Romney never stood up to China. All he’s done
is send them our jobs.”
11. Clever Propaganda, Bad Facts
If you know anything about the Chinese economy, the
actual analytical content in the commercial is
hilariously wrong.
The ad has the Chinese official saying that America
collapsed because, in the midst of a recession, it relied
on (a) government stimulus spending, (b) big changes
in its health care systems, and (c) public intervention
in major industries -- all of which of course have been
critical parts of China's (successful) anti-recession
policy.
15. JAPAN’S 100 YEARS OF DECLINE
Some tough words about Japan from Mitt Romney at his
New York City fundraiser on 8/9/12, per pool reporter Zeke
Miller:
"I know when things are tough as they have been for the
last three-and-a-half, four years people begin to think it’s
always … [inaudible] … We are not Japan. We are not going
to be a nation that suffers in decline and distress for a
decade or a century. We’re on the cusp of a very different
economic future than the one people have seen over the
past three years."
UPDATE: The line about declining for "a century" was a
surprise; others, including President Obama in 2009. have
spoken about the "long decade of decline" that Japan
suffered from. Romney’s statement was off the mark.
16. Reactions to Romney’s Remark
Japan experts on both sides of the Pacific responded
that Romney’s assertion that Japan has been in
decline for “a century” shows ignorance of a nation
that emerged from the ashes of World War II to build
the world’s second- (now third-) largest economy on a
small island with few natural resources.
Moreover, they worry that Romney is needlessly
insulting the face-conscious Japanese and giving them
the impression that is he wins in November, his
administration won’t appreciate the importance of
America’s top alliance in the East at a time when the
United States is attempting a diplomatic and military
“pivot” to Asia.
17. Silent on American allies
Romney in his campaign seemed overly concerned
about protecting allied and friendly governments
against the least offense
As a result, he rarely said much about U.S. allies one
way or the other. If one reviews his campaign website,
one finds that Japan is one of the very few treaty allies
that received any mention
Even then, references to Japan and South Korea in
that part were perfunctory and told us almost nothing
18. Hardly any mention of Japan, let along Asia, in the long
campaign.
Yet, once upon a time, Japan would have been fair game in
the election campaigns on both U.S. political parties.
19. In the 1980s and early 1980s,
Washington was awash in waves of
“Japan Bashing” that in some ways
resemble the “China Bashing” of
the 2012 Presidential Campaign
20.
21. 1980s: Japan Bashing (Nihon-tataki)
1990s on: Japan Passing
2001-06: Japan Rising (under PM Koizumi)
2007-09: Japan Nothing
2009-: Japan Falling (apart)
Perceptions and Slogans
24. “Revisionist” Views of Japan
Assumptions:
-- Japan’s economy inherently closed, protected by non-
tariff barriers
-- Japanese capitalism is unique to it, with international
rules, signals not applicable
-- Japan’s economic system is adversarial and a threat,
designed to gain industrial dominance by
undermining competitors (predatory practices)
--Japan was an “outlier nation” that must be contained
25. Revisionist Views of Japan
Revisionist policy prescriptions:
-- US must recognize Japan as different, closed, and a
threat
-- US must meet the challenge by industrial policy
emulating Japan’s
-- US needs to pursue numerical market share targets in
order to gain access to the Japanese market: Make
Japan guarantee US a share of the market
-- Clinton administration tried in trade negotiations to
force Japan to accept numerical import targets
26. Rising Sun depicts
American paranoia
Michael Crichton wrote RISING SUN in
1992, when Japan was considered a big
economic threat to the United States.
Since then, Japan's economy has fallen
into a long-term recession, and it has sold
back many of the American properties it
purchased over a decade ago. Japan is still
a serious economic force, but it's no
longer the economic bogeyman it used to
be.
There's a decent murder mystery in
RISING SUN, but this novel is essentially
an excuse for Crichton to express his fear
of Japanese business practices. Much of
the dialogue in this novel is stilted, and is
merely a front for Crichton to express his
view that the American way of doing
business is outdated, and cannot compete
effectively against Japanese methods.
Many of the characters are nothing more
than caricatures designed to push this
message.
The novel was made into a movie starring
Sean Connery.
30. Japan-bashing=Asian-bashing
Vincent Jen Chin was a Chinese-American beaten to death in June 1982, in
Detroit Michigan.
The perpetrators were Chrysler plant superintendent Ronald Ebens and his
stepson, Michael Nitz. The murder generated public outrage over the lenient
sentencing the two men originally received in a plea bargain, as the attack,
which included blows to the head from a baseball bat, possessed many
attributes consistent with hate crimes. Chin was killed because his attackers
believed he was Japanese.
Ebens never served a day in jail for killing Chin. Many of the layoffs in Detroit's
auto industry, including Nitz's in 1979, had been due to the increasing market
share of Japanese automakers, leading to allegations that Chinese American
Vincent Chin received racially charged comments before his death.
[ The case became a rallying point for the Asian-American community, and Ebens
and Nitz were put on trial for violating Chin's civil rights. Because the
subsequent Federal prosecution was a result of public pressure from a coalition
of many Asian ethnic organizations, Vincent Chin's murder is often considered
the beginning of a pan-ethnic Asian American movement
33. Man beaten for driving Japanese
car in Xi’an China 2012
In September, Li Jianli was beaten almost to death by a
mob and a month later lay partially paralyzed on a
hospital bed with his skull smashed in and his
speaking ability reduced to a few simple phrases.
Mr. Li’s only offense, apparently, was driving a Japanese
car. A mob stopped his car on a wide boulevard in the
middle of Xi’an and beat him to a pulp.
34. Ushering in a long period of economic decline for
Japan: The “Lost Decade” that ultimately
stretched out to two decades of sluggish growth
35. As a result, Japan in the 1990s was seen as
irrelevant. The slogan “Japan Passing” was
picked up by the media
According to the Economist, the phrase “Japan
Passing” has two meanings: (1) that world’s then
second largest economy was being passed by in a fast-
changing world, and (2) that Japan could no longer
even be taken seriously.
It may have originated when then president Clinton
made a nine-day visit to China in 1998 but did not stop
off in Japan.
38. What kind of Asia policy would a President
Romney pursue?
What would be expected of Japan in the Alliance?
How would a Romney administration deal with
China?
40. Came into office with a promise of strong leadership,
decisiveness, and cohesiveness in policy process, but facing
major policy challenges that ultimately he may not overcome
42. Accomplishments and Challenges
Noda has continued to strengthen the alliance
Joint training between the SDF and USFJ for remote-
island contingencies
But Okinawa basing issues remain unresolved and
some might argue getting worse:
Futenma relocation is on hold
Osprey deployment to Futenma opposed by Okinawa
Another serious crime by U.S. servicemen, followed by a
crime by another servicemen after curfew
Okinawa governor in between a rock and a hard place
44. Noda’s Security Policy Agenda
PKO to Sudan
Beefed up anti-piracy operation in waters off Somalia
Accepted U.S. offer to engage the SDF in full-scaled
training with U.S. forces in Guam and Tinian, positing
the defense of Japan’s remote islands
Emerging strategic view (with Defense Chief Satoshi
Morimoto) toward China
Morimoto has requested US for updated Defense
Cooperation Guidelines (reflecting current security
environment)
45. Noda’s Security Agenda
(continued)
Noda in Dec. 2011 cleared the way for easing
restrictions on arms export to make it possible for
Japan to participate in development and production of
military equipment with other countries
The decision especially affects development of the F-
35, Japan’s next-generation fighter
Japan’s defense industry gets a boost, too
46. New Set of Defense Cooperation
Guidelines
If the DPJ stays in power, expect to see the U.S. and
Japan revise the current set of bilateral defense
cooperation guidelines that provide for joint steps
during a contingency
The last revision in 1997 was based on a Korean
Peninsula contingency
The next one will update the focus based on security
changes involving China and the E. and S. China seas
47. Ballistic Missile Defense
During Secretary Panetta's visit to Japan, it was
announced that the US and Japan have agreed to set
up a second missile defense system on Japanese soil in
an effort to counter the ballistic missile threat from
North Korea
China does not agree it is solely intended for the North
Korean threat
50. Noda May Call Snap Election
With his third cabinet shuffle in a year, and pressured
to dissolve the Diet in November for an early Lower
House election once two critical bills are passed, Noda
seems unable to avoid making good on his promise to
the opposition LDP-Komeito
But his party will run with only a fraction of its original
strength (next slide), and it is likely that the DPJ will
lose.
TPP may be entangled in the election campaign,
further splitting his party.
53. Future of the DPJ seems bleak
Likelihood of the DPJ returning to the opposition
camp
Possibility of the LDP not winning a majority of seats
in the Lower House
This would require parties to scramble to form a ruling
coalition
This could return the LDP to power as a member of a
coalition that could include several small or splinter
parties
54. The Territorial Issues
Noda’s biggest challenge has been the territorial rows
with China and South Korea. First, the ROK:
The feud over the Takeshima-Dokdo isles with the
ROK stemmed from a political stunt by outgoing
President Lee Myung-bak
The issue is likely to be quietly back-burnered after the
ROK elections, as cooler heads prevail
But deep wounds have been inflicted in the bilateral
relationship that will take time to heal
Security ties (including GSOMIA and ACSA) hurt
60. Translation of Asahi
Poll
Japan: Current state of Japan-China
relations?
Going well: 5%; Not going well: 90%
Previous poll in 2010:
Going well: 45%; Not going well: 45%
China: Current state of China-Japan
relations?
Going well: 14%; Not going well: 83%
Previous poll in 2010:
Going well: 22%; Not going well 50%
Current poll: Top three issues in order
Japan: Territorial, History, Econ.
friction
China: History, Territorial, Military
buildup
63. The sign above the
entrance reads:
"JAPANESE GUESTS ARE
NOT CURRENTLY BEING
ACCOMMODATED BY OUR
HOTEL"
64. The irony is this is
at an Audi
dealership!
Employees at a dealership
hold up a sign that says WE
WILL KILL EVERY JAPANESE
PERSON EVEN IF IT MEANS
DEATHS FOR OUR OWN;
EVEN POVERTY WILL NOT
DETER US FROM
RECLAIMING THE DIAOYU
ISLANDS